не было на собрании

wasn't at the meeting

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wasn't at the meeting The form не было is past tense and neuter singular, often used impersonally to say that someone or no one was absent from the meeting. In the present and future, быть is usually omitted or changes form: не будет на собрании means “won’t be at the meeting.”

RU: Его не было на собрании.

EN: He wasn't at the meeting.

Никого из них не было на собрании.

None of them were at the meeting.

Том говорит, что Мэри не было на собрании.

Tom says that Mary wasn’t at the meeting.

Меня не было на собрании.

I was not at the meeting.

Тома не было на собрании.

Tom wasn't at the meeting.